Lady Bird directed by Greta Gerwig 2017
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9.5/10
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Youve seen this film before havent you? Yes you have. But in a way you havent. After all youve never seen it done this well.
Lady Bird is the directorial debut of the awesome actress Greta Gerwig. With Saoirse Ronan in the lead role--giving what is likely her careers best performance--the story centers on Christine McPherson who goes by the name Lady Bird. Shes seventeen ashamed of her poverty-defined life frustrated and confused by her volatile and complex relationship with her mother and has dreams that stretch beyond her corner of Sacramento California which is easily one of the most uncinematic cities ever but which is treated with infectious love by this film in such a way that the setting becomes a character all its own.
Now youve seen this film before in the sense that the teenaged girl coming-of-age tale is a common one normally infected by quirky sarcastic dialogue a Wes-Anderson-inspired palette and offbeat neo-folky music to match the movies tone. Lady Bird subverts its genres expectations simply by being honest and authentic. There are no character-defining quirks no simple solutions no relationships between characters that feel one-dimensional or anything less than beautifully and chaotically human. Even the familiar tropes present in the film cant all be faulted due to how authentically and sincerely they are delivered helped by the films editing momentum how every scene drops you in medias res sometimes literally into mid-conversations. You know kind of like real life. The final result is so disarmingly profoundly moving so honestly and sincerely human that I can say without resistance Lady Bird deserves its near unanimous praise. And Id be a poor critic not to mention at least once that the true heart of the film is the relationship between mother and daughter where the writing shines the brightest and with the most vivid sometimes painful clarity. Mercalf and Ronan are a miracle.
But what Lady Bird seems to be about beneath the surface more than anything...
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